New Year Honours 2013
Martin Hovenden MBE
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
Special Constable • Sussex Police
Organisation: Sussex Police
“For services to Policing.”
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Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) · 2013
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East Sussex
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Member of the Order of the British Empire
New Year Honours 2013- Role at the time
- Special Constable, Sussex Police
- Region
- East Sussex
“For services to Policing.”
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How common is this award?
The Member of the Order of the British Empire was awarded 651 times in the New Year Honours List 2013 — about 43% of the list.
What organisation were they with?
Special Constable, Sussex Police.
How widely is this recognised?
1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services.
Counts reflect the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records; earlier years are not yet included.
Honoured alongside them
Others awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year Honours 2013
Adrian Killick
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Essex
“For services to Young People and voluntary service to the community in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex.”
Adrian Ruddle
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Durham
“For services to H.M.”
Alan Foster
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Durham
“For services to the NHS.”
Alan Frederick Millam
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Essex
“For services to the community in Braintree, Essex.”
Alan Hatton-Yeo
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Lancashire
“For services to Promoting Inter- generational Practice.”
Alan Jeffrey Smith
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Devon
“For services to the Manufacturing Industry.”
Alan Peaford
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Essex
“For services to People with Cornelia de Lange Syndrome and their Families.”
Alan Sanderson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“For services to the Energy Industry.”
Alan Walker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Edinburgh
“For services to Science Engagement and Science Education in Scotland.”
Alastair Neil Field Rifles
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
The Rifles
Albert Furze
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Kent
“For services to Education.”
Albert William Bleach
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Hampshire
“For services to the community in Nyewood, West Sussex.”
Aled Sion Davies
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Cardiff
“For services to Athletics.”
Alex Gregory
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Oxfordshire
“For services to Rowing.”
Alison Game
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Hertfordshire
“For public service.”
Alison Grace Borgese
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Berkshire
“For services to Education.”
Alistair Edward Brownlee
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
West Yorkshire
“For services to Triathlon.”
Amanda Heslop
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Surrey
“For services to Education.”
Anat Karen Liebreich
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“For services to Education and Horticulture in West London.”
Andrea Goodwill
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
North Yorkshire
“For services to Further Education.”
Andrew Charles Kingman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
“For services to community development in Mozambique.”
Andrew Darby Harris
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Worcestershire
“For charitable services and for services to the community in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire.”
Andrew Edward Thomson
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
London
“For services to Bowls.”
Andrew George Wardman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2013
Greater Manchester
“For services to Hospital Medicine.”
In the same field
Others recognised for Policing & Emergency Services
Across the 1937–2026 honours lists in our records, 1,325 people have been recognised for Policing & Emergency Services. See the full list →
Lynn Brown
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Gullane, East Lothian
“For services to Policing and Public Service.”
Dharmesh Mistry
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leeds, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing and to the community in Bradford and Leeds.”
Hitesh Mehta
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Coventry, West Midlands
“For services to Policing, to Charity and to Volunteering in Coventry, West Midlands.”
Scott Caswell
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
“For services to Policing and to Veterans.”
Janice Bulfield
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Fordingbridge, Dorset
“For services to Policing.”
Brian Whitaker
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to National Security.”
Alexis Poole
PersonOfficer Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Exeter, Devon
“For services to Policing.”
Terence Woods
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Darwen, Lancashire
“For services to Policing.”
Serena Kennedy
PersonDame Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Wigan, Greater Manchester
“For services to Policing.”
James Thompson
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Northumberland
“For services to Policing.”
Kanti Pindoria
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Policing and to the community in London.”
Susan Holliday
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Wigton, Cumbria
“For services to Policing and to the community in Cumbria.”
Alison Fossey
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
“For services to Island Policing and to the wider community of Jersey.”
Ramona Senior
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
Carl Portman
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Banbury, Oxfordshire
“For services to Prisoners.”
Neil Byrne
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Caldicot, Gwent
“For services to Policing.”
Robert Nixon
PersonCommander Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Leicester, Leicestershire
“For services to Policing and Criminal Justice.”
John Robins
PersonKnight Bachelor · 2026
Yorkshire
“For services to Policing.”
John Scott
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Belfast, City of Belfast
“For services to Policing.”
Michael Leonard
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
Solihull, West Midlands
“For services to Policing.”
Neil Barclay
PersonBritish Empire Medal · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisoner Rehabilitation.”
Maria Mcnicholl
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
London, Greater London
“For services to Prisons and Prisoners.”
Kyle Gordon
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Swanley, Kent
“For services to Transport Policing.”
Ian Drysdale
PersonMember Of The Order Of The British Empire · 2026
Ashford, Kent
“For services to Policing.”
Source & provenance
Where this record comes from
Member of the Order of the British Empire · 2013
London Gazette (official record), published supplement. View the issue ↗
Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list (New Year Honours List 2013).
Published 29 December 2012.
Location (East Sussex) comes from the Cabinet Office / gov.uk published honours list, not the Gazette notice, which records no recipient home location.
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